He's a domineering, commanding alpha who tells me to bend over, open wide, and reach high.I joined the ballet in NYC.Living my dream in the big city, the bright lights dazzled.But then I met Thorn Channing - the CEO of my ballet company.When he invites me to his private studio, I don't know what to say.He's the boss.He wants to own my body.I can't say no.But what if I don't want to say no?What if all I want to say is, "Yes sir."Yes, take me.Yes, tie me up.Yes, make me yours.What happens then?

An Otto Penzler Book The need for love—obsessive, self-destructive, unpredictable—takes us to forbidden places, as in the chilling world of Give Me Your Heart, a new collection of stories by the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates. In the suspenseful “Strip Poker,” a reckless adolescent girl must find a way of turning the tables on a gathering of increasingly threatening young men—Can she “outplay” them? In the award-winning “Smother!” a young woman’s nightmare memory of childhood brings trouble on her professor-mother—Which of them will “win”? In “Split/Brain” a woman who has blundered into a lethal situation confronts the possibility of saving herself—Will she take it? In “The First Husband,” a jealous man discovers that his wife seems to have lied about her first marriage, and exacts a cruel revenge, years after the fact. In these and other powerful tales, children veer beyond their parents’ control, wives and husbands wake up to find that they hardly know each other, haunted pasts intrude upon uncertain futures, and those who bring us the most harm may be the nearest at hand. In ten razor-sharp stories, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates shows that the most deadly mysteries often begin at home.

An entertaining assortment of short stories set at the poker table features tales of murder, crime, and mystery, including Walter Mosley's "Mister In-Between," "One Dollar Jackpot" by Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman's "Hardly Knew Her," and works by Joyce Carol Oates, Alexander McCall Smith, Jeffery Deaver, and John Lescroart, among others.

The reader will be drawn irresistably into the world of the author who presents a catalogue of abuse and cruelty suffered by herself as an innocent child, first at the hands of her alcoholic father, then by nuns, and later by a heartless husband who raped and beat her. This is compulsive reading. The book shows how the shadow of a father's cruelty can be cast over the whole life of a child--a child who, in this instance, never failed to turn the other cheek, or return love for cruelty and abuse, who manifested, in the end, the overriding power and strength of Christ who advocated love above all things. The book is a protest against domestic violence and institutionalised cruelty, and will hopefully stand as a beacon and warning against the violations suffered by so many Emelias whose heartfelt cries go unheard behind the closed or locked doors of our apparently respectable western civilization.

Once you look at the world through Jimmy's eyes, you'll never see it the same again. Jimmy's world is a place where a boy can grow to be a man, even if he's "special." Where angels hover, mostly unseen. Where danger can happen, and hearts can falter—but love is never wasted. From best-selling author Robert Whitlow comes a poignant tale of innocence and courage in the tradition of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Hell's demons are starting to escape from the underworld, and it is up to The Ten to stop them. The Ten are ten men that are the Guardian Angels of man-kind. Their descendants find out that they are now part of this army, as well. Each family of The Ten has their own special weapons to face the demons with and now they have to train their families on how to use them. The Ten take their families to their castles in the clouds called Tenasia, the Cloud Kingdoms. From this venue, they will fight against the demons on both Tenasia (Cloud Kingdoms) and Earth itself. The demons goal is to take six females to Hell. Now those demons are targeting the daughters of The Ten. The Ten not only have to battle the Circle of Evil, but now they have to keep their daughters from being taken to Hell by the demons. The battle has just become personal in the battle of The Ten: Cloud Kingdoms!

Do you have a bag of men's ties stashed away somewhere, just waiting for a good project idea? You can stop wondering what to do with those ties that your dad or husband no longer wears. Use them to make pillows, lamp shades, wall quilts or art-to-wear. Create new treasures from old ties that are probably the same ones that you have given as gifts on Father's Day, birthdays and Christmas. Shirley Botsford's glorious book is packed with over 30 functional and keepsake projects. Included are full-size patterns, step-by-step instructions and illustrations, plus inspiration, ideas, tips and techniques to create even more.

In Tears From Heaven; Voices From Hell capital punishment issues are discussed from the viewpoint of the victims of violent crime and from those condemned to die on America's death rows. Explore the pros and cons of this controversial issue from those who have experienced the pain first hand: victims and death row inmates.

Military boot camps and army training create lean, fit, muscular men who are disciplined and respect authority. These are men who know the meaning of 'Sir, yes, Sir'. Whether Daddy or boy, dominant or submissive, these are military men who know best how to fulfil readers' BDSM fantasies. Features stories by Lew Bull, Jay Starre, R. Talent, Justin Shepherd, Christopher Pierce, Tony Anthony, Shane Allison and more.